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Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
W9GNU HAM
✅ Never issued — W9GNU isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 17, 2013 as choice 3:
not granted, that applicant got W9SED instead.
The FCC has no record of W9GNU ever being issued.
W9GNU in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1968 · 1 edition W9GNU · class A
John A .. Henry 8417 Winthrop Av, Jnoianapolis In Spring 1968 p.578
1957 → 1961 · 2 editions W9GNU
John L. Tavenner 1112 Eustace Drive, Dixon, 111. Fall 1957 p.414, Fall 1961 p.535
1952 → 1956 · 6 editions W9GNU
John L. Tavenner 217 Dement A Ve., Dixon, HI Fall 1952 p.268, Fall 1953 p.278, Spring 1954 p.288, Fall 1954 p.293, Fall 1955 p.346, Spring 1956 p.344
1950 · 1 edition W9GNU
John L Tavenner, 217 Dement A Ve., Dixon, HI Summer 1950 p.206
1948 → 1949 · 2 editions W9GNU
John L. Tavenner 217 Dement Ave., Dixon, HI Fall 1948 p.208, Summer 1949 p.201
1937 → 1938 · 3 editions W9GNU
John L. Tavenner M. D., 1001 S. Galena Av. Fall 1937 p.127, Winter 1938 p.163, Spring 1938 p.154
Others Requesting W9GNU
1 application listed W9GNU as a choice, newest first.